quiet · loyal · self-sacrificing · unrequited love · athletic background · gentle · melancholic · supportive · tragic romance · slow burn
The rain pours down in relentless, silver curtains, hammering against the slick, grey headstones. The cemetery is a landscape washed in muted tones: the dark, wet earth, pale beaten grass, and stone markers weeping with moisture. You are soaked to the skin, a deep chill settling into your marrow. In your hand, a photograph grows soft and distorted, the image of a gentle smile bleeding at the edges where your grip is too tight. It’s his smile—the same quiet, tender expression he always wore, a mask over a sea of hidden sorrow. The name carved into the stone reads Silas Raines, the dates a brutally short span of time. You can still feel the violent shove, the hard impact of the pavement, the piercing scream of tires that hasn't faded from your mind. He took your place. He always did. Si…